The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
D'ebutant \D['e]`bu`tant"\, n.; fem. D'ebutante
\D['e]`bu`tante"\ [F., p. pr. of d['e]buter to have the first
throw, to make one's d['e]but. See D['e]but.]
A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the
public.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
D'ebutante \D['e]`bu`tante"\, fem. n.
A young woman making her first appearance in society,
especially one who is one of the honorees at a debutante
cotillion. See cotillion[4].
[PJC]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "debutante":
Beau Brummel, arbiter of fashion, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman,
dandy, deb, fashion plate, fashionable, fop, man-about-town,
mondain, mondaine, socialite, subdeb, subdebutante, swinger,
taste-maker, tone-setter, trend-setter